B.C.'s Bob Ursel has advanced to the Page playoff three-four game at the Tim Hortons Brier Canadian men's curling championship in Winnipeg.

B.C. opened the game by stealing three in the first end and hung on for an 8-6 win over Newfoundland/Labrador's Brad Gushue in a fourth-place tiebreaker at the MTS Centre.

With the win, Ursel, third (and last-rock tosser) Jim Cotter, second Kevin Folk and lead Rick Sawatsky advance to today's Page three-four game against defending Brier and world champion Glenn Howard of Ontario.

That game is scheduled for 3 p.m. (all times Eastern) on TSN.

"We've been in a tiebreaker (situation) since Game 3, so that was just another one," said Ursel. "We're coming on, we're playing pretty strong, so we should give those guys (Ontario) a pretty good game."

Later today, Alberta's Kevin Martin plays Saskatchewan's Pat Simmons in the Page playoff one-two game, at 8 p.m. on TSN.

The winner of the one-two game will advance directly to Sunday's 6:30 p.m. championship game on CBC. The loser will play the winner of the three-four game in Saturday's semifinal at 2:30 p.m. on CBC.